Receptacles



Dec. 16, 1958 R. NYDEN 2,354,533

RECEPTACLES 1 Filed Jan. 31, 1956 t 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. ROBE ET NYDE N HTTO RNEV nite This invention relates to receptacles wherein the cover of the receptacle is opened and the contents of the receptacle is positioned partially out of the receptacle for withdrawal from the receptacle in one single operation and the contents of the receptable is positioned fully within the receptacle and the cover of the receptacle is closed by another single operation.

It is an object of the invention to provide a receptacle of this character having a casing and an article carrier slidable in said casing and arranged with a cover whereby movement imparted to the frontwall of the article carrier in one direction willsimultaneously open the cover and position the articles partially out of the casing for withdrawal from the article carrier and movement imparted to the front wall of the article carrier in an opposite direction will simultaneously close the cover and position the articles fully within the casing. I

It is another object of the invention to provide blanks for the casing and the article carrier whereby it is not necessary to use extraneous elements to actuate the cover and the article carrier.

It is another object of the invention to provide a receptacle suitable. for dispensing cigarettes without unduly increasing the cost of merchandising.

It is a further object of the invention to arrange the article carrier whereby it is readily assembled-in the casing and after assembly the article carrier is secured against removal from the casing in the normal use of the receptacle.

Other objects and advantages of the described hereinafter.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this application:

Figure l is a front elevational View of the receptacle fully assembled and in closed condition;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the receptacle showing the article carrier in raised position and the cover fully open;

Figure 3 is a plan view of a blank from which the article carrier is formed;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the blank shown in Figure 3 and folded for assembly into the article carrier;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary rear view of the upper portion of the receptacle with thecover closed and showing the position of projections of the cover in'notches of the rear wall of the casing; T

Figure 6 is a top view of the receptacle with the cover closed;

Figure 7 is a vertical-sectional View taken on the line 77 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows to show the position of the walls of-the article carrier in the fully raised position thereof.

Figure 8 is a vertical-sectional view taken on the line 88. of Figure 1 looking inthe direction of the arrows to show the position of the walls of the article carrier in relation to the walls of the casing in the closed condition of the receptacle; I

Figure 9 is a vertical-sectional view taken on the line invention will be i States Patent 0 ice '99 of Figure. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows carrier in full;

Figure 10 is a vertical-sectional view taken on the line 1010 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows to show the casing in section and the side of the article carrier in full; and

Figure 11 is a fragmentary side view of the' upper portion of the receptacle with part of a wrapper of the casing turned-back to show a slot and tongue connection between the casing and the article carrier, and the articlecarrier in initial opening position.

The embodiment of the invention consists of two parts, one of said parts comprising-a casing having a front wall 12, a rear wall 13 andtwo sidewalls 14 connecting the front and rear walls. The. top andi'bottom of the casing may be open but in the present illustration of the invention, the top. is openand; the bottom is closed by a wall 15 connected to the front,rear and side walls. The outer surfaces of the walls 12,13, 14 and 15 are covered by a wrapper 16, as shown in-Figure 11. The front wall 12 is provided with an opening 17: for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The rear wall 13 is arranged with two notches 18 in the upper or top edgewith the notches spaced equal distances from the vertical center of said to show the casing in'section and the side of the article rear walland thev sidewalls14 for a purpose to be de-' scribed hereinafter. The side walls 14 are arranged with opposed slots 19 adjacent to the rear wall 13 and spaced a short distancebelow the top edges of the side walls, as shown in Figurev 11,. for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The wrapper 16 is not extended over the opening 17 nor over the notches 18 but the wrapper 16 is extended over the slots 19. The walls12, 13, M ami 15 are formed of relatively stiff material, suchas cardboard, and the wrapper16-is ofsuita-blematerial, such as a sheet of paper.

The other part of'the invention comprises an article carrier slidable in the casing and formed from a blanket relative stiff material, such as cardboard, as shown in Figure 3, including a front.wall 20, side walls 21 connected' to the opposite side edg'esvof the front wallZll, a bottom wall 22 connected at the front edge to the bottom edge of the front wall 20', a rear wall 23 connected at the bottom edge to the rear edge of the bottom wall 22 and a cover 24 connected at the rear edge to the top edge of the rear wall 23.

The front wall 20 is provided'with' an-opening 25 closed by a piece of paper pasted to theinner surface of the front wall 20"arou'1id saidopening25, as shown at,26 in Figures.3,j7and8." Thetcl osed opening .25 is exposed through the opening 17i'oflthe casing front wall 12 whenthe article carrier is. assembled in the casing to constitute a finger gripe for raising and lowering the article carrier in the casing; The upper portion of the front wall 20 is cut-away, as at'27, withthe depth of the cut-away portion extendingf'rom the upper edge of the front wallinto the body of said front wall being greater than the length of'the movement of the article carrier in the casing asshown in Figures 2and7. The side walls of the cut-away portion 27 are spaced from the connections between the front and side walls, as shown in Figures 2, 3 and '4. The front wall 20 is folded on a scored line 28,- shown in Figure 3, to extend at'a-right angle to the bottom wall 22.

The side walls 21 aretfolded on scored lines 29, shown in Figure 3, to eXtendat rightranglesto the front wall 20. The scored lines 29 are spaced apart a distance slightly less than the-length of the bottom wall 22,,as shown in Figure 3, so that-the. lower ends 'of'the side walls 21 will extend over thewinnenface of the bottom'wall 22 when the side walls 21 are-,foldedonthe scoredlines 29 to extend at right angles to th e front wall 20 and the front wall 20 .is folded on the scored line 28 to extend at a right angle to the bottom wall 22. The side edges of the side walls 21 are arranged with spaced pairs of opposed projections 30, 31, one pair of projections 30 being adjacent to the bottom edges of the side walls 21 and the other. pair of projections 31 being spaced a distance from the top edges of the side walls 21. In the assembled condition of the article carrier, the side edges of the projections 30, 31 will extend in the plane of the outer surface of the rear wall 23 to slide on the casing rear wall 13, as shown in Figures 9 and 10, and reduce the amount of friction between the side walls 21 and the casing walls.

The rear wall 23 is folded on scored line 32, as shown in Figure 3, to extend at a right angle to the bottom wall 22 and parallel to the front wall 20. The rear wall 23 is provided with opposed tongues 33 on the opposite side edges of said rear wall and of less length than the length of the slots 19 in the casing side walls 14 to slide 1n said slots and limit the sliding movement of the article carrier in the casing. The projections 31 are spaced from the top edges of the side walls 21 so that said projections will not interfere with the sliding movement of the tongues, as shown in Figures 9 and 10. The lower corners of the tongues 33 are beveled, as at 34, to facilitate passage of said tongues past the casing side walls 14 into the slots 19, in assembling the article carrier 1n the casing. The article carrier is assembled in the casing by first folding the walls on the scored lines 28, 29 and 32 to form a box-like enclosure, then sliding said enclosure into the casing through the open top thereof until the tongues 33 abut the top edges of the casing side walls 14 and the casing side walls 14 are flexed outwardly by canting the article carrier rear wall 23 which will permit the tongues 33 to pass the casing side walls 14 into the slots 19 with the aid of the beveled corners 34 of the tongues 33. Anothermethod of assembling the carrier in the casing is to form the casing around the carrier. The width of the portion of the rear wall 23 between the scored line 32 and the tongues 33 is less than the width of the front wall 20, so that the projections 30, 31 will be juxtaposed to the side edges of the rear wall 23 to slide on the casing rear wall 13. The width of the portion of the rear wall 23 between the tongues 33 and the upper edge of the rear wall 23 is the same as the length of the bottom wall 22, so that the edges of the side walls 21 will abut the inner face of the portion of the rear wall 23 above the tongues 33, as shown in Figures 9, and 11.

The cover 24 is pivotally connected to the rear wall 23 by horizontally aligned scored lines 35in spaced portions of the connection between the cover and the rear wall. The cover 24 is provided with projections 36 between the scored lines 35 and in register with openings 37 in the rear wall 23 and the openings 37 being of greater depth than the length of the projections 36 to readily receive the projections during the moving of the eover from its closed position to its openposition. Duringthe terminus of the movement of the carrier into the casing, theprojections 36 will enter the notches 18 in the casing rear wall 13 and during the final movement of the carrier into the casing, the engagement of the projections. 36 with the bottom walls of the notches 18 will move the cover to closed position within the walls 12, 13 and 14. To assure the engagement of the projections 36 with the bottom walls; of the notches 18 without interfering with the movementof the projections 36 in said notches '18 and the openings 37, the ends or extremities of the projections are curved, as at 38. To assure the positioning of the cover 24 within the walls 12, 13 and 14 in the closed position of the cover, the side edges of the cover 24 will extend as continnations of the side edges of the portion of therear wall 23 above the tongues 33 to points 39 and from said points 39 said side edges of the cover taper toward each other to the front edge of the cover, as shown at 40 in Figures 2 and 3.

To open the cover and position the upper end portions of the articles, such as cigarettes, above the top of the casing, the front wall 20 is raised by inserting a finger of the user in the finger gripe 25, 26 and pushing in the direction of an arrow 41 on the front wall, Figure l. The initial movement of the front wall 20 in an upward direction will move the entire carrier and the articles carried therein as a unit until the tongues 33 approach the upper ends of the slots 19 where the friction between the rear walls 13 and 23 will overcome the force of the upward movements of the front wall 20 and the side walls 21 and retard the upward movements of the bottom wall 22, the rear wall 23 and the cover 24. The front wall 20 and the side walls 21 will continue to move upwardly at a speed commensurate with the force applied by the users finger to the front wall 20, and the bottom wall 22, the rear wall 23 and the cover 24 will move at a slower rate of speed due to the friction between the rear walls 13 and 23 andthe side walls 21 being free of the bottom wall 22, the rear wall 23 and the cover 24 so that the rear upper corners of the side walls 21 will abut the rear corners of the cover 24 and raise the cover on its pivots 35, as shown in Figure 11. Simultaneously with the initial raising of the cover 24 by the side walls 21, the bottom wall 22 will commence to assume an oblique position declining from the front wall 20 to the rear wall 23. The carrier will continue to rise in this position as a unit until the upper ends of the tongues 33 abut the upper ends of the slots 19 when the upward movement of the bottom wall 22, the rear wall 23 and the cover 24 is definitely arrested and the continued upward movement of the front wall 20 and the side walls 21 will move the cover 24 to extend in a vertical plane in full open position and the bottom wall 22 in full canted position, as shown in Figures 7 and 9. The canting of the bottom wall 22 of the carrier will have a tendency to present the front row of cigarettes at a higher level than the succeeding rows of cigarettes. It has been found that this tendency to present the front row of cigarettes at a higher level will only occur when a few of the cigarettes have been removed due to the practice of packing the cigarettes very tightly together.

To close the cover 24 and position the articles within the casing, the front wall 20 will be moved by the users finger in the finger gripe 25, 26 in the direction indicated by an arrow 42 on the front Wall 20. The initial downward movement of the front wall will move the side walls 21 to a position with the upper ends of said side walls in horizontal alignment with the scored lines 35 and the bottom wall 22 extending in a horizontal plane and closing the bottom of the carrier. When the lower ends of the side walls 21 abut the bottom wall 22, the downward movements of the front and side walls will be imparted to the bottom and rear walls and to the cover and the entire carrier will move as a unit until the tongues 33 abut the lower ends 'of the slots 19 and the curved ends 33 of the projections 36 abut the bottom walls of the notches 18 when the cover 24 will snap to closed position.

,To fill the receptacle with the articles, such as cigarettes, the article carrier is first assembled in the casing as hereinbefore described, the article carrier is then actuated to full open position, as shown in Figures 2, 7 and 9, and then the receptacle is placed in a filling machine, not shown, where the articles are inserted into the article carrier through the open top of said article carrier. The vertical position of the cover 24 will facilitate the insertion of the articles into the article carrier.

The bottom wall 22 will retain the articles in the article carrier so that it is not necessary to provide, the casing with the bottom wall 15. As shown in Figures 8 and 10, the bottom wall 22 will 'be protected from damage in shipping by the casing walls 12, 13 and 14 should the bottom wall 1 5139 omitted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A receptacle comprising a casing having front, rear and side Walls, the front wall of the casing being arranged with an opening, and an article carrier slidable in the casing and including front, rear, side and bottom walls and a cover, the side walls of the article carrier being connected to the front wall of the article carrier and free of the rear and bottom walls of the article carrier, the front and rear walls of the article carrier being connected to the bottom wall of the article carrier and the cover of the article carrier being connected to the rear wall of the article carrier and free of the front and side walls of the article carrier, and a portion of the front wall of the article carrier being exposed through the opening in the front wall of the casing and arranged with a finger grip, whereby an upward force applied to the finger gripe will move the front and side walls of the article carrier at a faster rate of speed than the rear and bottom walls of the article carrier due to the friction between the rear walls of the casing and the article carrier and the side walls of the article carrier being free of the rear and bottom walls of the article carrier causing the side walls of the article carrier to move the cover to open position.

2. A receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side walls of the casing and the rear wall of the article carrier are provided with a slot and tongue connection to limit the sliding movement of the article carrier in the casing and arrest the upward movement of the rear Wall of the article carrier while the front and side walls of the article carrier continue to move upward with the side walls of the article carrier moving the cover to full open position.

3. A receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein spaced portions of the connection between the cover and the rear wall of the article carrier are scored, said cover is provided with projections between the scored portions of said connection, the rear wall of the article carrier is provided with openings to receive said projections in the open position of the cover, and the rear wall of the casing is provided with notches to receive the projections during the movement of the article carrier into the easing and the engagement of said projections with the bottom walls of said notches moving the cover to closed position, the movement of the article carrier into the casing first moving the side Walls out of engagement with the cover and successively moving the cover toward the casing by the downward movement of the rear wall of the article carrier caused by the continued downward movement of the front Wall of the article carrier moving the bottom wall of the article carrier.

4. A receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein spaced portions of the connection between the cover and the rear wall of the article carrier are scored, said cover is provided with projections between the scored portions of said connection and each projection having a curved extremity, the rear wall of the article carrier is provided with openings to receive said projections in the open position of the cover, and the rear wall of the casing is provided with notches to receive the projections during the movement of the article carrier into the casing and the engagement of the curved extremities of the projec tions with the bottom walls of said notches moving the cover to closed position, the movement of the article carrier into the casing first moving the side walls out of engagement with the cover and successively moving the cover toward the casing by 'the downward movement of the rear wall of the article carrier caused by the continued downward movement of the front wall of the article carrier moving the bottom wall of the article carrier.

5. A receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover tapers from points in the side edges of the cover spaced from the rear wall of the article carrier whereby the cover will fit Within the casing walls in the closed position of the cover.

6. A receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper portion of the front wall of the article carrier is arranged with a center cut-away portion to facilitate removal of the articles in the raised position of the article carrier.

7. A receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side walls of the casing are provided with opposed slots adjacent to the rear wall of the casing, the side edges of the rear wall of the article carrier are provided with opposed tongues of less length than the slots to move longitudinally in said slots and limit the movement of the article carrier in the casing and arrest the upward movement of the rear wall of the article carrier while the front and side walls of the article carrier continue to move upward with the upper edges of said side walls moving the cover to full 'open position, and the side edges of the side walls of the article carrier having spaced projections to slide on the rear wall of the casing, said projections being positioned between the tongues of the rear wall of the article carrier and the bottom Wall of the article carrier.

8. A receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side walls of the casing are provided with opposed slots adjacent to the rear wall of the casing, the side edges of the rear wall of the article carrier are provided with opposed tongues of less length than said slots to slide in said slots and limit the sliding movement of the article carrier in the casing and arrest the upward movement of the rear wall of the article carrier while the front and side walls of the article carrier continue to move upward with the upper edges of the side walls of the article carrier moving the cover to full open position.

9. A receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side walls of the casing are provided with slots adjacent to the rear wall of the casing, the side edges of the rear wall of the article carrier are provided with opposed tongues of less length than said slots to slide in said slots and limit the sliding movement of the article carrier in the casing and arrest the upward movement of the rear wall of the article carrier while the front and side walls of the article carrier continue to move upward with the upper edges of the side walls moving the cover to full open position, and the lower corners of said tongues being beveled to facilitate assembling of the article carrier in the casing.

No references cited. 

